Would you consider any aspects of your personal life as being ungodly?
I think we would all agree that one of the main reasons we do stupid, sinful acts is because we are acting out some form our reaction to our prideful self-motivations.
The author of our lesson makes a point we probably would have a hard time comprehending without spending some time contemplating that statement.
The author stated that wickedness and ungodliness or not the same thing.
Wicked is defined in the dictionary as a person that will perform very bad deeds.
But when you speak of a person who is ungodly; that doesn’t automatically make you think about a wicked person.
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So wouldn’t we all agree that an atheist or avowed secularist can truthfully be described as ungodly people even though they may be or attempting to living a moral lifestyle?
While the term unrighteous or wicked would be used to describing a person who actually displays sinful actions in their thoughts, by the words they use and obviously by their deeds and actions.
So what if you are a professing Christian; but you are showing the world by your actions that you are living an unrighteous lifestyle?
The Apostle Paul explains that consequence of living an unrighteous lifestyle in Romans 1:18.
Romans 1:18
1:18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
If you want to feel bad just answer the question put to us in our lesson this …show more content…
There is a statement in our lesson that may fit you just like it sadly fits me far too well; stop for a moment and decide how well this statement fits you?
The author of our lesson made the following statement.
We who are believers tend to live our daily lives with little or no thought of God.
Some days during all of our many activities we basically live as thought God doesn’t exist.
We seldom think of our dependence on God or our responsibility to Him!
Is it possible that we could go for hours on any given day without any though of God at all?
When we start reading James 4:13-15 where it say’s “now listen, you who say” stop and think, should my name be listed there?
Now listen, George Eaker when you say!
James 4:13:15
13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”
14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or
I think we would all agree that one of the main reasons we do stupid, sinful acts is because we are acting out some form our reaction to our prideful self-motivations.
The author of our lesson makes a point we probably would have a hard time comprehending without spending some time contemplating that statement.
The author stated that wickedness and ungodliness or not the same thing.
Wicked is defined in the dictionary as a person that will perform very bad deeds.
But when you speak of a person who is ungodly; that doesn’t automatically make you think about a wicked person.
Have you never known someone who you think of as a good neighbor, fellow employee or even a friend …show more content…
So wouldn’t we all agree that an atheist or avowed secularist can truthfully be described as ungodly people even though they may be or attempting to living a moral lifestyle?
While the term unrighteous or wicked would be used to describing a person who actually displays sinful actions in their thoughts, by the words they use and obviously by their deeds and actions.
So what if you are a professing Christian; but you are showing the world by your actions that you are living an unrighteous lifestyle?
The Apostle Paul explains that consequence of living an unrighteous lifestyle in Romans 1:18.
Romans 1:18
1:18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
If you want to feel bad just answer the question put to us in our lesson this …show more content…
There is a statement in our lesson that may fit you just like it sadly fits me far too well; stop for a moment and decide how well this statement fits you?
The author of our lesson made the following statement.
We who are believers tend to live our daily lives with little or no thought of God.
Some days during all of our many activities we basically live as thought God doesn’t exist.
We seldom think of our dependence on God or our responsibility to Him!
Is it possible that we could go for hours on any given day without any though of God at all?
When we start reading James 4:13-15 where it say’s “now listen, you who say” stop and think, should my name be listed there?
Now listen, George Eaker when you say!
James 4:13:15
13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”
14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or